Bumps, Bruises, and Scrapes

By Elaine Landau

The largest organ in your body is your skin. It protects you, it helps keep you warm and it helps keep you cool, and it holds your insides, well, in. In Bumps, Bruises, and Scrapes discover what happens to injured skin, how to avoid these injuries, and how to be good to the skin you're in. Book jacket.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761428496
• ISBN13: 9780761428497
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

If it's "owie" time, this book will tell you all you need to know about those bumps, bruises and scr

Crash, bang, BOOM! You didn't mean to, but after a tumble you feel pretty scraped up, bruised and want to cry. In fact, most kids do. Scrapes are quite obvious, but when you get a bruise it doesn't always show up right away. What happens is that when a bruise begins to form "some of the tiny blood vessels just beneath your skin breaks." The bruise starts to heal quickly and within ten days you'd or so it is gone, but not before it changes colors a few times. The broken blood cells have long since healed by the time the bruise turns that funny greenish color and they break down into tiny pieces that "are taken away by fresh blood and tissue cells." Have you even gotten a fat lip? That's another way your body protects itself. This is when additional blood rushes to the lip to protect it and aid in the healing process. Fortunately you won't look silly forever and the bump will go down. Whenever you get a bump, a bruise or both it's wise to use a cold pack or a cool wet cloth and rest. Now there's the matter of those scrapes that seem to go along with the territory. Sometimes they seem to hurt even more than cuts because a wider area of skin is torn off. After the bleeding stops, but blood starts to clot. After a while it forms a scab to keep germs out. When you scrape your knee, clean it out and then "wash it well with soap and warm water." A dab of antibiotic cream and a bandage and you're all set. This book also talks about how to stay well by eating properly and discusses a few safety issues. This book provides basic information on what happens when a child receives mild bumps, bruises and scrapes around the house or during playtime. "Owies" are an inevitable part of a youngsters life but knowing a bit about what happens when the inevitable occurs can be a bit comforting. There are a few informative sidebars in the book, a glossary, an index and additional recommended book and web site resources. This is one in a series of six in the Head-to-Toe Health books, one that would be a great addition to the homeschool or classroom shelves!